Re: Another request for obliterate...

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Mike Dewhirst wrote:

> My understanding is that svn doesn't try to store deltas for binary data
> the way it does for text (source) files. IIRC it stores the entire file
> each time.
>
Where did you get that impression? svn treats text and binary data the
same regarding deltas.

> Thinking about what I wrote above, maybe binary files could be marked by
> the user as "only_store_the_latest_version_obliterate_all_previous". If
> so, there would be no need for an obliterate anything.
>
This is a reccurring request. The usual answer is: don't store files not
needing revision control in a revision control system, but use file
sharing instead. I can understand the convenience though, to have that
kind of file sharing integrated, so you get those files in place without
extra work. Scripting may help here.

Regards,
//Peter

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Received on Fri Apr 15 09:03:26 2005